Annual
Review of Political Science(PU only)
The Annual Review provides scholarly essays on current topics written
by respected researchers in the field of political science. You can
browse the current issue as well as an archive of earlier issues. See
the Annual Reviews in other social sciences to find additional essays
on topics relevant to politics.

International Encyclopedia of Social & Behavioral Science(PU only)
Aims to capture the "state of the art" of the social and
behavioral sciences, expanding its focus to include related
biological fields, such as evolutionary science, genetics,
cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry, and health. Topics
include anthropology, archaeology, demography, economics,
education, geography, history, law, linguistics, philosophy,
political science, psychiatry, psychology, and sociology.

Oxford Reference Online(PU only)
This convenient web resource brings together online versions
of 100 well-known and trusted dictionaries and reference books
such as the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics, Dictionary
of Political Biography, Dictionary of the Social Sciences, and
Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy.

Routledge
Encyclopedia of Philosophy(PU only)
Provides full-text articles with current bibliographies on
virtually every aspect of philosophy, including Anglo-American,
ethical and political, cross-cultural, interdisciplinary,
continental, and contemporary philosophy.

EIU Country Reports & Profiles(PU only)
The Economist Intelligence Unit is considered
to be a definitive source of business intelligence. The EIU annual country profiles are updated by monthly country reports to provide detailed
information on political and economic trends for 180 countries worldwide.
Each includes annual and quarterly economic indicators, economic
forecasts, information on domestic politics, international relations,
economic growth, and foreign trade. 1996 forward
are available online, earlier profiles and reports in paper are held in Firestone,
check the catalog for more information.

Europa World(PU only)
The online version of the indispensable Europa World Year Book
published since 1926. Europa provides detailed up-to-date surveys of
over 250 countries and territories, a comprehensive listing of over
1,650 international organizations, directory information, and current
analysis. Includes essential names and addresses and other information
covering such areas as a country's constitution, government, legislature,
political organizations, diplomatic representation, religion, media,
finance, trade, industry, transport, and tourism.

Political Handbook of the World.Publisher: Binghamton, NY: CSA Publications. Annual.Location: Firestone (F)Call Number: 7560.729Library Has: 1928-1970Call Number: JF37 .P6Library Has: 1975-present Current Volume: SSRC Ready Reference
The Handbook provides essential political information about
every country in the world, including heads of government, cabinet
members, leaders and programs of political parties, representation
in national legislatures, news media, and membership in international
organizations. Its primary focus is on government and development of
the country's political climate.

The
Main Catalog is your primary tool for finding books in the Princeton
University Library. You can also use the catalog to find other materials,
including videos, sound recordings, Internet sites, and journals (the
journals themselves- not individual articles). The Main Catalog provides
two search modes: Basic Search and Guided Search.

Use Basic Search when...

Use Guided Search when...

You know the exact title of the item, author's name, subject
heading, or call number

You want to do a complex keyword search

You want to do a simple keyword search anywhere within the catalog
record

You want to do a keyword search in one or more specific fields

Keyword searching is best used when you don't know the
exact title, author's name, or subject heading. Use keywords especially
when you want to discover what items the Library has for your topic, as
this allows you to express the topic in your own words. For more tips on
using the Main Catalog see the
Help Page.

I typically advise using the Guided Search, especially
since most attempts to discover what the Library holds on a topic will involve
a complex keyword search. The Guided Search allows you to search combinations
of keywords and phrases in more than one field within the catalog. You can
combine search terms with Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT)
and by using the pull-down menu options (all of these, any of these,
as a phrase). You can also limit your search to particular fields, such
as the title, author, subject, and publisher. Break
your topic up into its component concepts and construct searches for each concept
individually, then combine the conceptual searches together to approximate your topic.

When you get some results, use the Long View
feature to display the full record. Displaying the full record exposes more
detail, including the subject headings that were assigned to that item. Look
at the subject headings and see how they describe your topic. You can do
follow-up searches using these subject headings to get related items. Here are some subject headings you could use to find material related to your research topics:

Iraq--Foreign relations--United States

Iraq--Military relations--United States

Iraq--Politics and government--1991-2003

Iraq--Politics and government--2003-

United States--Foreign relations--2001-

United States--Foreign relations--Iraq

United States--Foreign relations--Philosophy

United States--Military relations--Iraq

Democratization--Iraq

Economic assistance, American--Iraq

Internal security--Iraq

Iraq War, 2003

Just war doctrine

Postwar reconstruction--Iraq

War on Terrorism, 2001

Weapons of mass destruction--Iraq

To limit your searches to those works that deal with issues of morality, try adding the sub-heading --Moral and ethical aspects to the search.

When you find an item you'd like to obtain, be sure to pay
attention to the location, call number, and status as
indicated in the catalog record. See the list of location codes for help determining in which library collection the item is held. The
call number shows where in the collection the item should be, and the
status tells you whether the book is available or not. For more information
on the call numbers used at Princeton and for help with locating a book in
Firestone, see the Library Call Numbers & Locations page.

The following databases provide references to many
scholarly journal articles and papers. You should take a similar
approach to searching in the databases as you would in the Main
Catalog. See this sample
search strategy for using an article database. Start off with
keyword searches expressing your topic, review those items that look
relevant, then exploit the details within those entries to help lead
you to other articles. Pay attention to the subject headings (typically
called "descriptors") to see how the database describes your topic and
use them to find related articles.

ProQuest Research Library(PU only)
Provides (mostly) full-text access to a wide variety of
newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals from 1986-present.

Specialized Databases:

CIAO - Columbia
International Affairs Online(PU only)
CIAO publishes online a wide range of scholarship from 1991 onward that
includes working papers from university research institutes, NGO occasional
papers, foundation-funded research projects, conference proceedings,
books, journals, and policy briefs.

Index Islamicus(PU only)
Produced by the Islamic Bibliography Unit at Cambridge University
Library, this database indexes literature on Islam, the Middle
East and the Muslim world from a variety of disciplines,
including accounting, archaeology, the arts, economics,
education, geography, history, Islam, law, literature, science,
philosophy, politics, religion, theology, travel, and zoology.
Records included in the database go back to 1906.

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences(PU only)
Compiled by the British Library of Political & Economic Science of the
London School of Economics & Political Science, this database provides
bibliographic information from an international selection of publications
(including over 2,600 journals) in the fields of economics, political
science, sociology, and anthropology. Covers 1951-present.

International Political Science Abstracts(PU only)
Provides abstracts in English or French to articles selected from over
1,000 international journals. Topics covered include political science
method and theory, political thinkers and ideas, governmental and administrative
institutions, political process, international relations, and national
and area studies. Covers 1989-present.

JSTOR(PU only)
JSTOR is a special collection of academic journals that have been
made available in full text online. The titles covered in JSTOR
range back to the very first issue, but only go forward to about
3-5 years ago. You can browse and search across different subject
areas and journal titles. Note: While
JSTOR is a very useful collection of journals, it is not by any
means comprehensive. Be sure to also search for your topic in the
other article databases listed here.

Philosopher's Index(PU only)
Provides citations to articles and books in all areas of philosophy. This is
considered to be the most comprehensive philosophy database. Covers articles
published back to 1940. This database can be helpful for finding articles that
discuss the philosophical and ethical contexts of just war theory, intervention,
and international relations in general. Very few articles dealing with Iraq
specifically (only about 50 or so can be found when searching for Iraq or Iraqi).

RAND PublicationsURL: http://www.rand.org/Abstracts/abstracts.html
A nonprofit public policy research institution established after World
War II to study national security, in the 1960s RAND added domestic
policy problems to its research agenda. Current areas of research and
analysis include national defense, education and training, health care,
criminal and civil justice, labor and population, science and technology,
community development, international relations, and regional studies.
The publications database goes back to 1946, with online versions of
many documents available generally as of 1998. See the RAND
Publications Research Guide for more help in locating RAND publications
held in Princeton libraries.

Sociological Abstracts(PU only)
Indexing and abstracting of the world's literature in sociology and
related disciplines, both theoretical and applied. Covers 2,500 journals,
conference papers, dissertations, and book reviews. Includes materials
in 30 languages and covers works published 1963-present.

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts(PU only)
Worldwide provides citations and abstracts of the international literature
in political science, including journal articles, books and book chapters,
dissertations, and reviews. It also covers such areas as international
relations, law, sociology, economics, and public policy. Provides references
to reliable web sites. Covers 1975-present.

News sources can be very useful for finding primary
coverage of specific events, as well as feature articles and
editorials related to your topic. For additional resources, be sure
to consult the
Newspaper Indexes page.

Contemporary News (mid-1980s to present):

Lexis
Nexis Academic(PU only)
Provides full text access to news from across the U.S. and around the
world. Coverage of most newspapers goes back to the mid 1980s, but varies
widely. Also provides access to business, legal, and medical journals,
as well as corporate financial information. Click on News in the
red bar to begin your search.

NewsBank Full-Text Newspapers(PU only)
Provides full-text of many major national and regional newspapers from the United States and around the world.

Factiva(PU only)
Database from Dow Jones & Reuters that provides full text access to
various newspapers and news wire services.

ProQuest
Newspapers(PU only)
Provides indexing and full text of the Wall Street Journal (1984-
) and the New York Times (1980- ) and abstracts only of USA
Today (1989- ).

Google - NewsURL: http://www.google.com/news
Google News pulls together related headlines and photos from approximately
4,500 news sources worldwide, automatically arranging them to present the
most relevant news first. Google News enables you to see how different news
organizations around the world report the same events. Stories are updated
continuously throughout the day, making this an especially useful source
for breaking news.

Foreign News (1975-present):

Finding World Newspapers at PrincetonURL: http://libweb.princeton.edu/help/research/history/guides/world_news.php
This is a very helpful guide compiled by our History Librarian Elizabeth
Bennett that offers some guidance on locating foreign newspapers of interest.

ABYZ News LinksURL: http://www.abyznewslinks.com
ABYZ News Links is a portal to online news sources from around the world. It is
primarily composed of links to newspaper pages but also includes links to many
broadcast stations, internet services, magazines, and press agencies. Be aware
that the actual news sources you will ulimately find are likely not to be in
English.

Foreign Broadcast
Information Service Electronic Index(PU only)
Provides indexing to the Daily Reports of the CIA's Foreign Broadcast
Information Service. These reports include translated broadcasts, news
agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals, and government statements
from nations around the world. Search by keyword, region and date. Note: This index only covers reports from 1975-1996, which are mostly available
in microfiche with some in paper. Ask for help locating these reports
at the Social Science Reference Center. For earlier material, contact me. For more recent material, see
the World News Connection below.

World News Connection(PU only)
Continues coverage of the FBIS reports mentioned above from 1996 to
present, and with full text. The search functions are similar (by keyword,
region, and date) with a "latest headlines" feature for monitoring
current news.

Official Press Releases:

Central Intelligence
AgencyURL: http://www.cia.gov
The Central Intelligence Agency was created in 1947 with the signing
of the National Security Act by President Truman. The National
Security Act charged the Director of Central Intelligence with
coordinating the nation’s intelligence activities and correlating,
evaluating and disseminating intelligence that affects national
security. Take a look at the Press Room section in the left-hand column of the page.

Department of StateURL: http://www.state.gov
The State Department advises the President in the formulation and execution
of foreign policy. Their primary objective in the conduct of foreign
relations is to promote the long-range security and well-being of the
United States. The State Department website can be a good source for
press releases
concerning recent events in U.S. foreign relations. See also their special page on Iraq from the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs.

National
Security CouncilURL: http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc
Established by the National Security Act of 1947, the NSC
is the President's principal forum for considering national
security and foreign policy matters with his senior national
security advisors and cabinet officials. Check out the section on
News Releases and Speeches.